Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance & Management Director to issue purchase orders to AT&T, per the terms and conditions of the citywide Universal Term Contract, for telephone services for various divisions of the Department of Development.
Emergency action is necessary so that the purchase order for telephone services can be issued as soon as possible to avoid an interruption of services.
AT&T Contract Compliance No. 36-3258076 Expiration 12/31/09
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for telephone services are included in the General Fund, Home Fund, and the Community Development Block Grant Fund budgets.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to establish purchase orders for various divisions within the Department of Development with AT&T for telephone services, per the terms and conditions of the citywide Universal Term Contract; to authorize the expenditure of $65,800.00 from the General Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $4,000 from the Home Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $4,600 from the Community Development Block Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($74,400.00)
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WHEREAS, the operations of the Department of Development require telephone services; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Management has established a citywide Universal Term Contract with AT&T for telephone services; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to issue purchase orders for telephone services to avoid an interruption of services, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized and directed to issue purchase orders to AT&T for telephone services for the Department of ...
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